Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: August 3, 2022 Standard and Collaborative Research, Scholars, Professional Development, Research Community Development, Conference and DDRIG Proposals Program Guidelines: NSF 19-610The Science and Technology Studies (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closel...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - July 4, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding

FY 2021 By the Numbers: Extramural Grant Investments in Research
Building on my 2021 reflections from January, we are presenting fiscal year (FY) 2021 extramural investments in research. The grant funding and success rate data presented here are in line with other related “By The Numbers” posts focusing on NIH’s annual enacted appropriations. Historical data may be found in the NIH Data Book, with FY 2021 data to be published soon. Spending related to special appropriations for coronavirus may be found using RePORTER’s advanced search capabilities. In FY2021 NIH spent $32.3 billion of its total $42.9 billion appropriation for competing and noncompeting awards . This is a 5.1...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 7, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike awards grants Success Rate Source Type: funding

Do I Need To Provide All or Just Current Positions and Scientific Appointments on My Biosketch?
In biosketch section B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors  you must list in reverse chronological order all current positions and scientific appointments both domestic and foreign, including affiliations with foreign entities or governments. This includes titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received, and whether full-time, part-time, or voluntary (including adjunct, visiting, or honorary). You are not required to list previous positions or other historical information. High school students and undergraduates may choose to include previous positions. If n...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 31, 2022 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: You Ask, We Answer biosketch Source Type: funding

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review Guest post by Noni Byrnes, Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR), originally released on the Review Matters blog An anniversary is a time for reflection on our history, the goals we’ve accomplished, the challenges we’ve surmounted, and the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Our video, “Catalyst of Hope and Health,” reflects on CSR’s work over the past 75 years to ensure that grant applications sent to NIH receive fair, independent, expert, and timely scientific reviews that are free from inappropriate influences, so NIH can fun...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 21, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Noni Byrnes Tags: blog Open Mike Peer review Source Type: funding

Should I Report the Sex or Gender of Study Participants to NIH?
NIH uses sex/gender to indicate that either sex or gender may be reported for inclusion enrollment purposes. “Sex” refers to biological differences between females and males, including chromosomes, sex organs, and endogenous hormonal profiles, and is typically assigned at birth. “Gender” refers to socially constructed and enacted roles and behaviors which occur in a historical and cultural context and vary across societies and over time. More information about the distinction between sex and gender can be found at https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-gender. When collecting and reporting information about...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 16, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: You Ask, We Answer Clinical Trials human subjects Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory - Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AT-22-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for continuation of a Coordinating Center to provide national leadership for the NIH Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory program. The Coordinating Center will 1) further develop, adapt, and adopt technical and policy guidelines and best practices for the effective conduct of research studies in partnership with health care systems; 2) work collaboratively with each Demonstration Project team supported through the Collaboratory program, including their partnering HCS, to develop, ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 27, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Collaborative Partnership between Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) and Alcohol Research Centers (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AA-21-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites U54 applications for the planning and implementation of collaborative partnerships between Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) and institutions with extensive alcohol research programs, including NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers and consortia (ARC). RCMI are institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science and have a historical and current commitment to educating underrepresented students, and for institutions that deliver h...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 1, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-238 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations. This includes 1) etiologic research, where there is a significant gap in knowledge, that will directly inform intervention development or adaptations, 2) research that develops, adapts, or tests the efficacy or effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions, 3) research that tests culturally informed treatment or recovery interventions and 4) where a sufficient body of k...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 17, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Research to Improve Native American Health (R21 Clinical Trials Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-214 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support developmental/exploratory studies in preparation for health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, or treatment services research to improve health in Native American (NA) populations. Applications may include 1) etiologic research, where there is a significant gap in knowledge, that will directly inform intervention development or adaptations, 2) research to develop and pilot test new or adapted interventions for feasibility, acceptability, and scalability, 3) research ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 17, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03) Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-257 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Research Grant (R03) applications to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 29, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Collaborative Partnership between Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) and Alcohol Research Centers (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AA-20-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites U54 applications for the implementation of partnership awards between institutions serving underserved communities and populations and other institutions with extensive alcohol research programs, including NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers and consortia. For the purpose of this FOA, the term Institutions that serve Underserved Communities and Populations (IUCP) will refer to academic or other organizations serving scientifically and medically underserved communities and populations, and ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 24, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) (U54)- Clinical Trials Optional
Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-20-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program is to expand the national capacity for research in the health sciences by providing cooperative agreement support to institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science and have a historical and current commitment to educating underrepresented students, and for institutions that deliver health care services, providing clinical services to medically underserved communities. The primary goals of the RCMI specialized centers...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 11, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 3, 2020 Standard and Collaborative Research, Scholars, Professional Development, Research Community Development, and Conference Proposals Program Guidelines: NSF 19-610The Science and Technology Studies (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closely re...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - January 4, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding

NIH Blueprint Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences (BP-ENDURE) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-20-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIH Blueprint R25 program is to encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce, to pursue further studies or careers in research. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development, Research ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 19, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Research Advancement Award (SC1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-039 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and the research base at institutions with an explicitly stated historical mission and/or a demonstrated track record within the previous 10 years of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. Eligible institutions must award science degrees to undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D.) and have received less than 6 million dollars per year of NIH R01 support (total c...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding